To use View Persona Management with View desktops, you must install View Agent with the View Persona Management setup option on the virtual machines that you use to create desktop pools.

For an automated pool, you install View Agent with the View Persona Management setup option on the virtual machine that you use as a parent or template. When you create a desktop pool from the virtual machine, the View Persona Management software is deployed on your View desktops.

For a manual pool, you must install View Agent with the View Persona Management setup option on each virtual machine that is used as a desktop source in the pool. Use Active Directory to configure View Persona Management group policies for a manual pool. The alternative is to add the ADM Template file and configure group policies on each individual desktop source.

Note

A user cannot access the same profile if the user switches between desktops that have v1 user profiles and v2 user profiles. Windows XP uses v1 profiles. Windows Vista and Windows 7 use v2 profiles.

For example, if a user logs in to a Windows XP desktop and later logs in to a Windows 7 desktop, the Windows 7 virtual machine cannot read the v1 profile that was created during the Windows XP desktop session.

Prerequisites

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Verify that you are performing the installation on a Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP virtual machine. View Persona Management does not operate on physical computers or Microsoft Terminal Servers.

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Verify that you can log in as an administrator on the virtual machine.

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Verify that a native RTO Virtual Profiles 2.0 is not installed on the virtual machine. If a native RTO Virtual Profile 2.0 is present, uninstall it before you install View Agent with the View Persona Management setup option.